Satan’s Human Helpers The Christian can’t understand the nature of evil or the proper response to it without knowing and accepting the Bible’s teaching regarding Satan and his demons. Paradoxically, though all this is critical information in order to avoid confusion and error about Satan and his activity, it all occurs in the unseen world. We’ll never knowingly converse with a demon or recongnize demon possesion with certainty. Though we will come under Satanic attack, we won’t likely know with certainty, as the Apostle Paul knew in at least some cases, when that occurs. That’s not always the case when…
Demon possession occurs when demons indwell, or take up residence,within a person. When indwelling a person a demon exerts a continuing negative controlling influence over that person. The influence may be mental, physical, or both. I’ve singled out demon possession as a specific Satanic technique to examine because it’s an emotional topic of confusion and misunderstanding for many Christians. This leads to doctrinal error and practice. In particular, those who believe they can cast out demons are operating outside of Scriptural revelation. I’ll argue those points below, but first let’s take a plain look at what the Bible teaches regarding…
Satan is the leader of all fallen angels and the lost We’ve seen that Satan the person is a fallen angel. He was created holy but fell from grace due to the sin of pride. He wanted to be like God. His first recorded act following the creation of the world was to deceive Eve in the Garden of Evil, resulting in tearing apart the perfect fellowship between Adam and Eve and God. That single deception, resulting in the fall of man, and its attendant separation of natural man from God, has been the cause of all suffering, heartache, and…
All angels were created holy, but many, including Satan, sinned and fell from grace. Satan is the leader of all fallen angels and the only one referred to by name. The others are referred to as “demons,” “unclean spirits,” “evil spirits,” and the devil’s “angels.” Since fallen angels were created as holy angels, they likely have the same potential powers and abilities as holy angels. But since fallen angels, unlike holy angels, operate contrary to God’s moral law, we may be confident that the Holy Spirit’s temporary restraint on Satan (2 Thess. 2:6-8) includes restraining the full use of those…